Excess Fares

If you travel beyond your Travelcard zone without paying the additional fare or have the wrong ticket or no ticket at all for your journey you will be subject to a Penalty Fare which is demanded on the spot. If you are in any doubt about which ticket to purchase always ask an official.

1. What allows you to travel as many journeys as you wish within the days and zones?

2. What ticket do you buy to and from the destination?

3. What tickets are the least regularly purchased?

4. What ticket do you buy for each journey separately?

5. What ticket is excellent value if you travel frequently on one day?

6. What for do companies give an interest-free season ticket loan?

7. What is the name of books of ten tickets?

8. What ticket is excellent for frequent travellers?

9. What allows you to travel on the two weekend days?

10. For whom is the reduction in the usual price of tickets available?

11. What type of tickets was not mentioned in the above questions?

7. Grammar Focus Use of ‘they’

A.

They is used to talk about: 1. more than one person Example: The children are excited – they’re going on a trip tomorrow. 2. a general group of people Example: They are repairing the road. They= the Town Council They want to increase income tax. They = the Government They say it’s a marvellous film. They = a lot of people They tell me you are changing your job. They = somebody or some people They and their are also used to talk about one person with: some- any- no- every- body one Someone has left their pen on the desk. Somebody told you, didn’t they! Anybody knows that, don’t they! Everyone has to bring their own food. If anyone rings while I’m out, please ask them to ring back. Grammar Comment They is used for: 1. two or more people you know, 2. a group of unknown people, 3. one person whose sex you do not know. Here are some examples: I’ve spoken to the teachers. They’re coming to the disco. They’ve knocked down the old cinema. Meaning (3) may seem unusual to you, but it is perfectly natural and quite common in spoken English: Look! There’s someone climbing out of that window up there. I hope they’re careful. It would be terrible if they fell. If anybody rings, take their name and number. Tell them I’ll ring them back as soon as I can. Somebody must have seen it happen, mustn’t they? Anybody could have stolen it, couldn’t they? Nobody mentioned it, did they? – Well they wouldn’t, would they? Notice they is the normal pronoun for tags and short answers with nobody, somebody, everybody, anybody.

B. Very often they is used in sentences of this kind:

They’ve knocked down the old theatre.

They’re going to build a new swimming pool.

Re-write the following sentences. Start with they.

1. The station has been knocked down.

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2. Taxes are going to be increased.

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3. The price has been put up.

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4. The road is being repaired.

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5. The new airport is being planned.

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C. Fill in they, them, their in the following:

1. While we are at the youth hostel, everyone has to make __________ own bed.

2. Someone told you, didn’t __________?

1. If anyone rings this afternoon, ask __________ to leave a message.

2. Someone was here when we were out and left __________ keys behind.

3. Anybody in the office would know that, wouldn’t __________?

4. __________’re going to re-build the Town Hall, aren’t __________?

5. Shhhh. I can hear someone coming. Let’s go before __________ come in.

6. Look! There’s someone on that building. I think __________’re going to jump!

D. After each of the following situations, try to write down who they refers to.

1. I see they’ve stared digging up the road outside your house.

They = ________________________________________________________

2. I heard on the news they’re thinking of putting interest rates up.

They = ________________________________________________________

3. They ought to do something about the mess dogs make around here.

They = ________________________________________________________

4. In Sweden they’ve got laws about the colour you can paint your house!

They = ________________________________________________________

5. They ought to raise old age pensions.

They = ________________________________________________________

6. They’ve been planning to dig a Channel Tunnel for over 100 years.

They = ________________________________________________________

7. I’m sorry they don’t make women’s shoes smaller than size 35.

They = ________________________________________________________

Can you give a ‘rule’ for they? Can it be any group of people?

E. Read the text and translate it into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the word ‘they’.